[elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Masked shoppers turned up in smaller numbers at major U.S. retailers on Black Friday as early online deals and worry about the spike in COVID-19 cases dulled enthusiasm for trips to the mall.

[elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] American Airlines began trial flights from Miami to South America in mid-November to prepare for its role in transporting the COVID-19 vaccine. The flights simulate the conditions required for the vaccine to stress test the thermal packaging and operational handling process that will ensure it remains stable.

[elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] In Belgium, an Iranian diplomat and three other Iranians went on trial accused of planning to bomb a meeting of an exiled opposition group in France in 2018, marking the first time an EU country has put an Iranian official on trial for terrorism.

[elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Israeli military reported that Palestinian militants fired a rocket into Israel, drawing Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip. There were no casualties reported on either side of the border.

[elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong was put in custody after pleading guilty to charges of organizing and inciting an unauthorized assembly near the police headquarters during last year’s anti-government protests.

[elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Biden, who has said he would undo Trump’s “America First” policies, also named Jake Sullivan as his national security adviser and Linda Thomas-Greenfield as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Biden named John Kerry to serve as his special climate envoy.

[elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Governors with stricter COVID-19 regulations are coming under increased scrutiny. California’s Gavin Newsom is being accused of hypocrisy for attending a high end dinner party while not following the State’s guidelines which he put in place.

[elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] As a last-minute shift toward small-scale celebrations upends demand for the star of Thanksgiving tables, turkey producers and retailers are scrambling to fill orders for lightweight birds and partial cuts.

[elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] AT&T is supposedly looking to sell CNN in order to pay off a large debt. During an interview on Tucker Carlson’s show, Fox Business correspondent Charlie Gasparino said that the company is billions of dollars in debt and is “financially unstable.”